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Happy Grading!

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The Craft

Featuring the work of creative craftsmen, the theory of color, and industry news. Learn practical workflows, useful theories, and actionable insights from existing (and emerging) leaders and teachers in our industry.

(videos) Jonny has a mega roundup of presentations, interviews, and roundtables available online from NAB 2019. There's a lot to wade through - but you'll find something interesting that's relevant to the work you do.

This analysis of character arcs, choices, coincidences, and plot twists rings true for me about the penultimate episode of GoT. It reflects conversations I've been having all week with friends and family - and the reasoning I've employed to help them understand their reactions to that episode (and this closing Season).

We've spent the last 3 years designing a shared storage device for color, editorial and VFX workflows. We call it the Jellyfish. With an integrated database server, it's perfect for Resolve's groundbreaking Collaborative Workflow.

Our craft keeps changing. And growing. Learn about updates to your favorite software. Discover new tools to help you work faster or more creatively. Build your toolchest with new techniques and approaches.

The 1,000nit XM311K and 3,000nit XM310K both qualify as Dolby Vision mastering monitors. The XM311K features innovative Light Modulating Cell Layer technology and now has a lower list price of $35,000.

Do you require a brighter display? Then the XM310K is one of the brightest commercially available professional HDR monitors on the market.

ICA's Kevin Shaw shares his observations and thoughts about the Samsung Onyx HDR cinema screen. Up to 500 nits of peak white, Kevin demo'ed this screen in Frankfurt and spent a day grading to it, as well.

An opinion piece about the computer hardware requirements of most modern post houses. The article is edit-centric. But in another 5 years, my prediction is we'll be having this discussion on the finishing/color grading side of the business.

Is Daenerys Targaryen riding a Dragon? It seems, not even close. As everyone knows, the great dragons disappeared eons ago and the creatures on HBO are bloodlines of smaller descendants. Read all about it here - and be prepared to wage battle on the Reddit Game of Thrones sub-forums! Fun, if you're a GoT fan. (via Dan Moran)